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From Martyr to Monument
After the French Revolution and the dissolution of the monastic orders, the great Abbey of Cluny in France was closed and the buildings were sold for materials. This process went on for nearly thirty years, just as a romantic appreciation of the medieval past was gaining popularity. Although the government was unable to halt most of the demolition work, one transept arm with a large and small tower was saved from ruin, along with a few small Gothic buildings and the eighteenth-century cloister. Efforts to preserve, repair, and reuse the remains waxed and waned for a century while historians wrote with regret about the abbey’s demise. In 1927, Kenneth Conant came from Harvard to excavate th...
Ingres and the Studio
An exploration of the portrait art of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, focusing on his studio practice and his training of students.
Annales Agricoles, Scientifiques et Industrielles du Département de l'Aisne
Réimpression inchangée de l'édition originale de 1849.
